Just to be on the safe side, here’s Newcastle Central MP Chi Onwurah, also on twitter. “This was the Brexit budget which didn’t mention Brexit. Hammond said he’d put ‘fuel in the tank’, clearly he has no idea where were going...”

While the word Brexit did not pass the Chancellor’s lips, the words North East did. And we’re not talking about its usual mention, lumped in with the Northern Powerhouse.

Ross Smith, North East England Chamber of Commerce director of policy

Sharp eared Ross Smith of the North East England Chamber of Commerce heard it. “Productivity has grown fastest in the North East, confirms the Chancellor. Credit to @NEEChamber members who’ve delivered this.”

But what about the rest of the Budget?

Well for the last few days we’ve reminding the Government of previous PM David Cameron’s pledge over Air Passenger Duty.

With talk of the Scottish parliament abolishing it, he spoke of not allowing such an unfair advantage to occur.

Now the Scots are seriously talking about getting rid of a tax which can up the cost between £75 and £450 a passenger, Newcastle airport bosses are a bit perturbed.

Would the Chancellor allay their fears today? No, was the short answer.

Catherine McKinnell summed it up in her tweet: “Hugely disappointed by Govt’s failure to support @NCLairport in face of APD devolution: a vital part of any Northern Powerhouse.”

Labour MP for Easington Grahame Morris

Easington MP Grahame Morris was not impressed with the substance of the speech.

“The Tories are choosing to hit the most vulnerable in our society, while those at the top get tax breaks.”

Mr Hammond made much about putting up £2bn to deal with the country’s social care crisis.

People weren’t as impressed as perhaps he thought they might be.

First, as Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland MP Tom Blenkinsop tweeted: “The extra funding for social care implicitly carries an admission that there is a social care crisis, caused by 7 yrs of Tories.”

Tom Blenkinsop

And as social care funding has reportedly been cut by £4.6bn since 2010, others did the maths.

Including well known writer and actor David Schneider who tweeted: “Hammond: “We will give £2bn over the next 3 years for social care making a grand total of minus £2.5bn since we took power”.

Another contentious issue was Mr Hammond saying that National Insurance for the self employed is to go up to 11% by 2019.

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First, as - presumably - self employed Stu Loveland-Cooper tweeted: “If the Tory party won’t look after the self employed who will? No holiday pay. No paternity and now higher taxes. Lost my vote.”

Even the Conservative MP for Berwick, Anne-Marie Trevelyan was concerned.

Conservative MP for Berwick Anne-Marie Trevelyan

“Worried about raising NI on self-employed. They are the risk-takers, starting next gen business leaders, no stat sick leave or holiday pay.”

A more serious suggestion was made by a number of people including ITV’s political editor Robert Peston who tweeted: “Increase in Class 4 National Insurance to 11% for self-employed by 2019 raises £645m a year: looks clear breach of Tory manifesto pledge.”

Chi Onwurah was not happy about Mr Hammond offering free transport to disadvantaged pupils who go to grammar schools